गोशतस्य प्रदत्तस्य कुरुक्षेत्रे च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तत्रार्कस्थलदर्शनात्
gośatasya pradattasya kurukṣetre ca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tatrārkasthaladarśanāt
クルクシェートラで百頭の牛を施す功徳――それと同じ功徳が、ただアルカスタラを拝観(ダルシャナ)するだけで、そこで得られる。
Unspecified (contextual narrator in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Arkasthala
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee arrives at Arkasthala and beholds the Sūrya-sannidhi; in a symbolic vignette, the merit of gifting a hundred cows at Kurukṣetra is visually echoed—cows and a distant Kurukṣetra field appear as a faint, divine comparison.
Tīrtha-darśana at a highly sanctified place can bestow merit equal to great acts of charity performed at renowned pilgrimage centers.
Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra.
No specific rite is mandated here; the emphasis is on darśana (sacred viewing) of Arkasthala as a merit-bestowing act.
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